Editing Christian VIII (section)

=== Second marriage ===
[[File:Christianviiidenmark.jpg|thumb|left|Portrait of Prince Christian as heir presumptive, {{circa|1831}}]]
Upon his return to Denmark, Christian married his second wife, Princess [[Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg]] (daughter of [[Louise Augusta of Denmark]], the only sister of Frederick VI) at [[Augustenborg, Denmark#Augustenborg Palace|Augustenborg Palace]] on 22 May 1815. The couple was childless and lived in comparative retirement as leaders of the literary and scientific society of Copenhagen until Christian ascended the throne of Denmark.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/590/origin/170/|title=  Caroline Amalie (1796–1881)|publisher=Dansk Kvindebiografisk leksikon|access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref>

Christian had ten extramarital children, for whom he carefully provided. It has been suggested that these extramarital children included the fairy tale author [[Hans Christian Andersen]], though there is little evidence to support this.<ref>{{cite book |title=Hans Christian Andersen: Danish Writer and Citizen of the World |last=Rossel |first=Sven Hakon |publisher=Rodopi |year=1996 |isbn=90-5183-944-8 |page=6}}</ref>